1. Cowboy Holler
2. The Wild West Theme
3. Grass Dance
4. Dreary Black Hills
5. Bugle Call (Boots And Saddles)
6. Gary Owen
7. Regular Army-O
8. Shenandoah
9. Regular Army-O
10. Good Old Rebel
11. Paddy Works On The Railway
12. Cluck Old Hen
13. Drill Ye Terriers, Drill
14. California Stage
15. Camptown Races
16. Sweet Betsy From Pike
17. Buffalo Gals
18. Golden Slippers
19. Beautiful Dreamer
20. Barbara Allen
21. Beethoven Romance
22. Dolly Varden
23. Scene Set II
24. Little Old Sod Chanty
25. Starving To Death On A Government Claim
26. Rolling Stone
27. Abide With Me ’Tis Eventide
28. Passing Of The Red Man
29. Root Hog Or Die
30. Little Joe The Wrangler
31. Chisholm Trail
32. Whoopi Ti Yi Yo
33. Root Hog Or Die
34. Yellow Rose Of Texas
35. Goodbye Old Paint
36. Ballad Of Nate Champion
37. Steets Of Laredo
38. Wild Indian Guitar
39. Cole Younger
40. Jesse James
41. Mississippi Rag
42. 50,000 Lumberjacks
43. Old Dan Tucker
44. Guitar Wild West Theme
45. Home On The Range
Total time: 1:11:40
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John McEuen presents The Music of The Wild West
Various Artists
Varese Sarabande
Back in 1993, there was a 10-hour TV documentary called “The Wild West.” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founding member McEuen was commissioned to provide the music. This is the reissue of the soundtrack.
It contains 45 songs of real-deal Western music, sung with original lyrics and performed on period instruments by such luminaries as Marty Stuart, Red Steagall, Rodney Dillard, Crystal Gayle, Don Edwards, Michael Martin Murphey, Gary Morris, Mickey Raphael, Mary MacGregor, Byron Berline, Sons of the San Joaquin and Arizona blues musician Hans Olson.
The album earned McEuen his second Emmy nomination and the Western Heritage Award for best traditional album, but it didn’t come easy. In 1997, he told the Salt Lake City Weekly he worked 71 days in a row, 12 to 14 hours each, producing 300 minutes of music for the documentary.
"I was working for Warner Brothers and I couldn’t screw up," McEuen said. "I worked with 88 people, in 12 cities, in less than two months."
There also are various string bands, American Indian groups and folk singers participating. McEuen himself plays on about half the tracks.
external links
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